NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

OTV-3

Launch Time
Tue Dec 11, 2012 18:03 UTC

Rocket

Atlas V 501
Image Credit: ULA
ULA
Status: Retired
Price: $120.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 3,826 kN
Payload to LEO: 8,210 kg
Payload to GTO: 3,780 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 62.2 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.4 m
Fairing Height: 26.5 m

Vehicles

Vandenberg Runway 12

Vehicle 1

Flight #2
964 day turnaround

Mission Details

OTV-3 (X-37B)

USA-240, also referred to as Orbital Test Vehicle 3 (OTV-3), is the second flight of the first Boeing X-37B, an American unmanned robotic vertical-takeoff, horizontal-landing spaceplane.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 5,400.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

2012

74th orbital launch attempt

United Launch Alliance

66th mission
10th mission of 2012
65th successful mission
61st consecutive successful mission

Atlas V

34th mission
6th mission of 2012
33rd successful mission
24th consecutive successful mission